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shrinking

英[ʃrɪŋkɪŋ] 美[ʃrɪŋkɪŋ]
  • adj. 畏缩的;犹豫不决的;收缩的
  • v. 萎缩,收缩(动词shrink的现在分词形式)

详细释义

Noun:
  1. process or result of becoming less or smaller;

    "the material lost 2 inches per yard in shrinkage"

  2. the act of becoming less

双语例句

1. Sony has also led the way in shrinking the size of compact-disc players.
索尼公司在缩小CD播放机尺寸方面也处于领先地位。

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2. Forests are fast shrinking in many developing countries.
许多发展中国家的森林正在迅速萎缩。

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3. They have stagnant or shrinking markets for goods and services.
它们的商品和服务市场停滞不前或不断萎缩。

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4. She swallowed one of the cakes, and was delighted to find that she began shrinking directly.
她吞了其中一块蛋糕,接着,高兴地发现自己马上开始缩小了。

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5. As the centuries passed, the rock cooled and hardened, shrinking and cracking into long columns.
几个世纪过去了,岩石冷却、硬化,随后收缩、开裂,变成了长长的石柱。

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6. If you make the changes above and your waistline isn't shrinking, a standup desk may be the answer.
如果作了以上改变,而腰围还没有缩小,一台立式电脑桌可能是答案。

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7. In the past 12 months, Nigeria has suffered from a shrinking economy, a sliding currency, and a prolonged fuel shortage.
在过去的12个月里,尼日利亚饱受经济萎缩、货币贬值和长期燃料短缺的困扰。

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8. The plants also change shape, shrinking to minimize the surface area through which their remaining water might evaporate.
这些植物还会改变形状,萎缩以使表面积最小化,剩余水分正是通过植物表面蒸发掉的。

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9. Shrinking landfill space and rising costs for burying and burning rubbish are forcing local governments to look more closely at recycling.
垃圾填埋场面积的缩小,以及填埋和焚烧垃圾成本的上升,都在迫使地方政府更深入地研究如何回收利用垃圾。

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10. Now these segments are looking at slower growth curves—or shrinking markets in some cases—as consumers are not as eager to spend money on new gadgets.
现在,由于消费者不那么热衷于花钱购买新的小玩意,这些细分市场的增长曲线出现了放缓,在某些情况下甚至出现了市场萎缩。

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11. Ducks are birds that feed and breed in areas where there is a lot of water, but their habitats have been shrinking in recent decades because of the droughts.
鸭子是在有大量水的地方觅食和繁殖的鸟类,但近几十年来,由于干旱,它们的栖息地一直在缩小。

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12. Mexico's economy suffered more than any other in Latin America last year, shrinking an estimated 7 percent due to a plunge in U.S. demand for Mexican exports such as cars.
去年墨西哥的经济比拉丁美洲的任何其他国家都遭受了更大的损失,估计经济萎缩7%,这是因为美国对墨西哥的出口商品,例如汽车的需求骤降。

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13. The market for their products is shrinking.
市场对他们产品的需求在减少。

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14. When it comes to expressing himself he is no shrinking violet.
他表达自己看法时一点都不羞涩。

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15. The trade gap surprised most analysts by shrinking, rather than growing.
贸易逆差不增反减使得大多数分析家大吃一惊。

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16. That something could be a shrinking of the green.
可能是绿色植物的减少。

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17. Shrinking krill population and rising temperatures could force Antarctic whales to migrate.
磷虾数量的减少和气温的升高可能迫使南极鲸迁徙。

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18. When an organisation is shrinking, the best and most mobile workers are prone to leave voluntarily.
当一个组织在萎缩时,最优秀、流动性最强的员工往往会自愿离职。

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19. The growth in public agricultural-research spending peaked in the 1970s and has been shrinking ever since.
20世纪70年代,农业研究公共支出的增长达到顶峰,此后持续减少。

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20. This and other price shocks were event-driven—drought in the Soviet Union, crop-shrinking heat in the U.S. Corn Belt.
这次以及其他的价格冲击是由苏联的干旱和美国玉米带的作物减产引起的。

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21. But this and other price shocks were event-driven—drought in the Soviet Union, crop-shrinking heat in the U.S. Corn Belt.
但是这次和往常其他的价格冲击是由苏联的干旱和美国玉米带的作物减产引起的。

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22. "While the population is growing and needs to be fed, a rapidly shrinking number of people are willing to work in agriculture," he points out.
他指出:“虽然人口在增长,需要养活,但愿意从事农业工作的人却在迅速减少。”

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23. It's a product he believes could help solve future global food crises resulting from shrinking amounts of land available for growing meat the old-fashioned way.
他认为,这种产品可以帮助解决未来的全球粮食危机,粮食危机是由于用传统方式养殖肉类的土地面积减少而造成的。

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24. If we encourage our young people to believe in the future, and give them solid evidence for believing we'll find both crime and poverty shrinking to manageable proportions.
如果我们鼓励我们的年轻人对未来充满信心,并为他们的信念提供确凿的证据,我们就会发现犯罪和贫困都将减少到可控的程度。

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25. This shrinking heart of mine!
刺碎我畏缩的心房。

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26. The malaria map is shrinking.
疟疾分布图正在缩小。

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27. The population is shrinking.
人口正在减少。

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28. Serbia's population is shrinking.
塞尔维亚的人口正在缩小。

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29. Are the Alps growing or shrinking?
阿尔卑斯山正在长高还是变矮?

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30. Kids' social Spaces are shrinking.
孩子们的社会空间正在缩小。

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    1. In work with this cloth, be sure to allow for shrinking.
      用这种布缝衣,务必考虑到洗後会缩水。
    2. Car sales have been shrinking (ie Fewer have been sold) recently.
      汽车销量近来一直在下降。
    3. She's no shrinking violet always ready to speak up for herself.
      她可不胆小--任何场合都能为自己说话。
    4. The economy is shrinking instead of growing.
      经济正在萎缩而不是在增长中。

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